“I had a lot of self-loathing, .. I've been self-sustained since I was 11. I've always been the one making the money, and to be flat on my back and .. so vulnerable and then be completely loved. To have my wife be there, 110% supportive. To have my children say, 'It's OK, Mom.' To have the people that I work for say, 'It's OK.' To have my fans go, 'It's all right.' It's like, what was I afraid of? I'm going to get healthy now, and I'm not going to carry that baggage anymore.” PeopleChildrenSelfWifeFansMomHealthyMy WifeVulnerableMy ChildrenFlatsSupportiveLoathingBaggageSelf LoathingMelissa Author:Melissa Etheridge
“Ive always wanted to be a mom. I had a great relationship with mine. Im ready to pass on to my child all the great love that my mom had for me.” ChildrenWantedMinesReadyMomMy MomMy ChildrenGreat LoveGreat Relationship Author:Jennifer Love Hewitt
“Strictly speaking, one cannot legislate love, but what one can do is legislate fairness and justice. If legislation does not prohibit our living side by side, sooner or later your child will fall on the pavement and I'll be the one to pick her up. Or one of my children will not be able to get into the house and you'll have to say, "Stop here until your mom comes here." Legislation affords us the chance to see if we might love each other.” IfsLoveChildrenDoeMightAbleLawFallHouseSidesCan DoJusticeChanceMomPicksRelationOur ChildrenMy ChildrenYour ChildrenFairnessSooner Or LaterLegislationRace RelationsLove Each OtherYour MomPavement Author:Maya Angelou
“Being a mom has been the greatest job of my life. I am so proud of the people my children are. I can't really say why they've turned out so well. I think there's an enormous amount of honesty and communication in our home. I always tell my kids they can tell me anything and I will never judge them. Consequently, they do!” PeopleThinkingWellsChildrenHas BeensI CanHomeKidsJobsHonestyJudgingCommunicationMomAmountProudEnormousMy ChildrenBeing A Mom Author:Lois Robbins
“I'm very interested in the way the Internet has changed teenage life. Obviously it's very different from when I grew up, when there weren't even answering machines, much less computers. I was telling my children this the other day, and the little one said, "Did you have electricity, Mom?" and I was like okay, enough, kid.” WayChildrenLittlesSaidDifferentEnoughKidsChangedGrewMomInternetComputerGrew UpOkayMachinesMy ChildrenElectricityTeenageAnswering MachinesTeenage Life Author:Jennifer Egan
“I don't plan to take a formal, cold approach with my children, but I expect a lot. I don't want my children to view me as their best friend. I want to be their mom.” WantChildrenViewsPlansMomColdApproachMy ChildrenFormal Author:Ivanka Trump
“My husband and my children inspire me on a daily basis to be the best wife, mom, and woman I can be.” ChildrenI CanWifeInspireMomHusbandBasesMy ChildrenBeing The BestMy HusbandBest Wife Author:Candace Cameron
“My job makes me travel a lot and too often I'm away from my children, but I don't ever stop being a mom inside my head and my heart. There is no higher love than that.” HeartChildrenJobsMomHigherMy HeartMy ChildrenBeing A MomHigher Love Author:Vanessa Paradis
“That's not what I want my children to hear. That's not representative of the country that I want my children to grow up in. And so that actually I found far more upsetting as a mom, as a woman, as an American, and even as my mother's daughter than anything they said about my mom.” WantChildrenSaidCountryMotherFoundGrowsGrowing UpMomDaughterMy MomMy ChildrenUpsetRepresentativesThey Said Author:Chelsea Clinton
“My children are 12, 12, 8, and 7, which is bad idea, bad idea, bad idea, bad idea, for mom going inside.” ChildrenIdeasMomMy ChildrenBad Ideas Author:Kellyanne Conway
“I specially want to have young women not to wait as I did until my children were grown, but young women to come in to gain their seniority so they could be respected leaders at a much earlier age. It's important for all women to see young women who share their experience whether it's as a working mom with young children, who understands the struggle and the aspirations of young women in a similar situation. And if they don't have family and they're pursuing their career women should see that as well.” IfsWantShouldWellsChildrenImportantAgeYoungWaitingSituationLeaderCareersStruggleShareMomGainsMy ChildrenAspirationYoung WomenYoung ChildrenCareer WomenWorking MomSeniority Author:Nancy Pelosi
“Being a parent has become incredibly important to me. I never knew how much I would be altered by my children. I would like to be remembered by them in much the way I remember my mom: as loving and kind.” WayKindChildrenImportantWould BeRememberParentMomMy MomMy ChildrenRememberedAlteredBeing A ParentBe Remembered By Author:Maya Soetoro-Ng
“I can look at myself in the mirror every night knowing I've never ever pretended to be someone I know I'm not for the sake of showbiz industry. I believe that it's important to live by your truth in order to be able to sleep peacefully when you rest your head at night. I've gone off and taken breaks, not necessarily by choice, but life has a way of giving you breaks, even when you don't want them, especially in this industry. So, I've had a chance to raise my children and to be a mom, and to come back to do more in film and television. I really cannot complain.” GivingBelieveChildrenImportantFilmNightChoicesI BelieveChanceSleepBreakTakenMomComplainingMy ChildrenLive ByShowbiz Author:Nia Long